Here comes ‘green’ coffee for super health benefits

London: You love green tea for its health benefits but what about having a cup of “green coffee”?

Well, US scientists have come up with a new invention – parbaked coffee bean where coffee beans are baked at less temperature for super health benefits.

According to biophysicist Dan Perlman from Massachusetts-based Brandeis University, this method of roasting green coffee beans enhances the health benefits of coffee.

Perlman is currently developing the flour milled from parbaked beans both as a food ingredient and a nutritional supplement.

“It is a world of difference from the traditional coffee bean,” Perlman said.

Research has shown that drinking coffee is good for you. A recent Harvard University study found that people who drank three to five cups a day had a 15 percent lower chance of prematurely dying than non-drinkers.

One leading explanation involves a natural chemical compound called chlorogenic acid (CGA).

An antioxidant, CGA is thought to be beneficial in modulating sugar metabolism, controlling blood pressure and possibly treating heart disease and cancer.